When the Los Angeles Lakers made the decision to hire former NBA guard JJ Redick to take over as their head coach this summer, the move was met with all sorts of criticism. The main argument against the decision was that Redick had no coaching experience and was taking over a team that still had title hopes.

JJ Redick's first season as an NBA head coach is off to a sound start. As of Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Lakers have a 7-4 record to sit sixth in the Western Conference standings. Redick and the Lakers have taken down some impressive teams early in the season

JJ Redick may be first (and is certainly the most high-profile) to ever say such a thing into a microphone, having discussed the situation with LeBron James on the Mind The Game podcast before their relationship turned into player-coach.

JJ Redick and Rui Hachimura call Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James a master of basketball after his third straight triple-double.

Lakers star LeBron James drew lofty praise from head coach JJ Redick after another triple double, his third straight.